Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1991

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1991 were Ashley for girls (1,958 babies) and Michael for boys (3,086). Social Security records list 151,261 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1991

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Baby: 61 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maura: 82 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kiersten: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colleen: 159 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kerri: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maureen: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jena: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dana: 206 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bridget: 128 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Devon: 106 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 53 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Baby: 75 babies, 6× the national rate
Malik: 67 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyree: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 109 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 457 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lamar: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dante: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Harry: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donte: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	1,958	–	1
2	Jessica	1,673	–	2
3	Amanda	1,503	–	4
4	Brittany	1,430	–	3
5	Samantha	1,389	–	5
6	Sarah	1,257	–	6
7	Emily	1,177	↑3	10
8	Nicole	1,035	↓1	15
9	Lauren	1,010	↓1	13
10	Megan	951	↓1	11
11	Stephanie	937	–	7
12	Rachel	918	↑3	14
13	Kayla	880	↑1	12
14	Elizabeth	877	↓1	9
15	Jennifer	834	↓3	8
16	Rebecca	752	↑1	21
17	Amber	737	↓1	16
18	Danielle	717	↑1	17
19	Chelsea	693	↑1	18
20	Alyssa	676	↑1	30
21	Courtney	637	↓3	19
22	Melissa	573	–	20
23	Kelsey	557	↑16	26
24	Victoria	526	↑8	28
25	Kelly	514	–	42
26	Heather	484	↓3	23
27	Christina	470	↓3	31
28	Laura	470	–	35
29	Alexandra	469	↑2	36
30	Michelle	453	↓4	22
31	Tiffany	419	↓4	27
32	Mary	415	↑2	38
33	Hannah	412	↑9	29
34	Sara	407	↓5	37
35	Katherine	399	↑2	25
36	Kimberly	388	↓1	34
37	Erin	385	↓7	44
38	Taylor	379	new	32
39	Caitlin	377	↓6	55
40	Alexis	375	new	47
41	Jasmine	362	–	24
42	Erica	359	↑4	40
43	Brianna	345	new	51
44	Allison	344	↓8	50
45	Katie	335	–	53
46	Jenna	326	new	80
47	Kaitlyn	326	↓4	82
48	Katelyn	321	new	75
49	Kristen	320	↓9	48
50	Shannon	316	↓2	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	3,086	–	1
2	Matthew	2,334	–	3
3	Christopher	1,959	–	2
4	Joshua	1,736	–	4
5	Andrew	1,663	–	5
6	Ryan	1,596	–	11
7	John	1,577	↑1	10
8	Joseph	1,535	↓1	9
9	James	1,478	↑3	7
10	David	1,473	–	8
11	Daniel	1,471	↓2	6
12	Robert	1,395	↓1	13
13	Tyler	1,371	↑7	16
14	Nicholas	1,356	–	12
15	Brandon	1,249	↑9	15
16	Zachary	1,244	↑1	22
17	Anthony	1,205	↓2	18
18	Justin	1,145	↓5	14
19	William	1,122	↓3	19
20	Kyle	1,048	↓2	21
21	Kevin	979	↓2	23
22	Eric	945	–	25
23	Thomas	927	↓2	28
24	Jacob	914	↑8	17
25	Jonathan	906	–	20
26	Brian	837	↓3	30
27	Alexander	804	↑6	26
28	Steven	780	↓1	27
29	Cody	764	↑8	24
30	Timothy	763	↓4	32
31	Sean	750	↓2	40
32	Benjamin	733	↓1	33
33	Stephen	679	↓3	41
34	Adam	678	↓6	36
35	Patrick	676	–	35
36	Jordan	633	↑2	29
37	Richard	630	↓3	34
38	Mark	596	↓2	47
39	Aaron	585	↑2	31
40	Nathan	558	↓1	42
41	Jeffrey	515	↓1	45
42	Dylan	499	new	46
43	Samuel	489	↑1	39
44	Charles	486	↓1	38
45	Jason	468	↓3	49
46	Shane	457	new	75
47	Scott	451	↓1	57
48	Gregory	433	↓3	55
49	Shawn	426	new	71
50	Jesse	398	new	51

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